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The ministries of Industry and Trade, and Finance have sharply raised retail petrol prices from Tuesday afternoon.

The management board of Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh have opposed calls to open more beaches on the bay.

The Vietnam national women's football team ended their first FIFA Women's World Cup with a 0-7 defeat to 2019 finalists the Netherlands in Dunedin, New Zealand on Tuesday.

A 340-kilo bomb left from the American War was dismantled and safely detonated in the central province of Nghe An on August 1.

A Chinese zoo has been forced to deny that its sun bear is actually a human in a costume, after footage of one standing on its hind legs raised online accusations of a furry imposter.

Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee, Tran Sy Thanh, has just sent a thank-you letter to Kpop group Blackpink after their successful concerts.

Dozens of households in the central highlands province of Dak Nong have been isolated by serious flooding.

At least 17 workers were crushed to death in western India on Tuesday when a crane collapsed above an under-construction expressway outside the financial capital Mumbai, disaster response officials said.

Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of about US$15.23 billion in the first seven months of this year, an increase of 1.34 per cent over the same period last year, according to data released by the General Statistics Office of Vietnam.

Japan recruited more than 41,000 Vietnamese workers during the past seven months, making up the largest recipient of Vietnamese guestworkers in the reviewed period, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

The capital city of Hanoi attracted nearly 2.3 billion USD of foreign direct investment in the first seven months of this year, with 233 new projects worth 97.5 million USD.

An Australian former childcare worker has been charged with abusing 91 children in what police described Tuesday as one of the country's "most horrific" child sex abuse cases.

Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Vuong Dinh Hue will attend the 44th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-44) and make official visits to Indonesia and Iran from August 4 to 10.

Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas is set to sail to Vietnam, including a stop off at Nha Trang city, central Vietnam, in late 2024, according to information given by the world’s leading cruise magazine Cruise Industry News.

Poor residents in Thoi Lai District in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho are calling for financial support to build a bridge over a local canal.

Total retail sales of consumer goods and services have increased 10.4% year on year to almost 3.53 quadrillion VND in the first seven months of 2023, reported the General Statistics Office.

Travel inspiration platform Tripzilla has listed the capital city of Hanoi among the top 12 safest places in the world for solo female travelers.

Royal International Corporation, the owner of Vietnam’s biggest casino in the northern province of Quang Ninh, has again reported losses of VND24.20 billion (USD1.02 million) for the second quarter this year.